Little Tom likes cartoons Very much. When the cartoons begin on TV, he does nothing until they're over. Sometimes he'd rather wait for a long time and go to bed late. In the morning his mother has to wake him up, or he'll be late for school.

     Yesterday Tom heard there would be an interesting cartoon today. This morning, as soon as he got up, he turned on the television, but didn't receive the programme. He had to have breakfast and then went to school. After school he ran home while his mother was cooking supper in the kitchen. He hurried to the sitting room and turned on the television again, but he couldn't find the cartoon. He rushed into the kitchen and asked his mother for help.

     "It's only five now," said the mother. " Your programme will begin after supper. "      "Well, Let's have supper right now!"

1. Tom goes to bed late sometimes, so _________.

     A. he's late for school

     B. he goes to school by bus

     C. he can't wake up himself in the morning

     D. he has to go to school without breakfast

2. It takes Tom much time to       when he's free.

A. play football

B. watch football matches on TV

C. do his homework

D. watch cartoons on TV

3. _____,so he turned on the television after getting up this morning.

     A. Tom thought he had some time left

     B. Tom didn't know when the cartoon would begin

     C. Tom wanted to know the important news

     D. Tom hoped to watch a TV play

4. Tom was afraid        ,so he ran home.

     A. to miss the interesting cartoon

     B. to miss the last bus

     C. he would be hungry

     D. he had little time to finish his homework

5. Tom thought_________.

A. supper should be ready

B. his mother's watch was worn out

C. the cartoon would begin as soon as he finished supper

D. his mother cooked supper too late

Miss Carter is a beautiful girl. Her father __46___ two years ago and her mother made a terrible mistake and was sent away.  They began to live a    47    life. When she ___48__ middle school, she couldn't go on studying. Her uncle found a ___49__ for her. Mr. Baker, a rich shopkeeper, hired (雇) her. Her work was to clean the rooms and sweep the floors. She tried her   50   and worked hard. Mrs. Baker liked her and paid her   51   than the other servants (佣人).

It was Sunday. Mr. Baker was reading and Mrs. Baker was watching TV in the sitting room. The girl came in and said, "I'm ___52___, Mrs. Baker. I have to tell you I can't work for you any longer."

It   53  Mr. and Mrs. Baker. The woman asked, "What makes you say that? Aren't we   ___54___ to you?"

"Yes, you are, Madam," the girl said. "Have you found a piece of ___55__work yet?" Mrs. Baker asked.

"No, I haven't," Miss Carter said."  56   I don't think you trust me."

"You are ___57___, Miss Carter," said Mr. Baker. "I always think you are a  58  girl. And I often leave my keys in my study." "It was   59   that you often left the keys in your study," said the girl. "But I could use none of them to  60  the safe(保险箱)."

"Well," said Mr. Baker. "You can go right now!"

46. A. died                   B. dieded              C. dying                      D. dead

47. A. excellent            B. fine                C. good              D. hard

48. A. finished           B. stopped             C. end                  D. over

49. A. work                 B. works              C. job                   D. jobs

50. A. better                 B. good                C. best                 D. well

51. A. much                 B. more                C. little                 D. less

52. A. sorry                 B. glad                  C. angry                      D. please

53. A. in surprise          B. surprise             C. surprised           D. surprises

54. A. friendly             B. friend               C. rich                  D. cold

55. A. good                  B. better                C. best                 D. well

56. A. But                    B. And                  C. Though            D. What

57. A. wrong                   B. right                 C. foolish              D. bright

58. A. bad                    B. good                C. well                 D. happy

59.A. poor                   B. true                  C. bad                  D. well

60.A. break                  B. answer             C. find                  D. open

 Mr. Black loved his daughter Helen very much. Every day he spent all of his free time   51   with her. One night, he had much work to do,  52   couldn't play with his daughter. In order to keep her   53   , he found a map of the world in a magazine and cut it into pieces. When he   54  , Helen. camerunning to him and was ready to play. Mr. Black said he had

  55   time to play fight now. He told the girl to put the pieces of paper back together to a map of the world, and then they could both play.

     About half an hour later, Helen came to her father and said, "Okay, it's finished. Can we play now? " Mr. Black was surprised ~ saying, "That's   56    Let's go and see. " And sure enough, there was the picture of the world; all put together, every   57   in its place.

     Mr. Black said, "That's surprising!   58   did you do that?" Helen said, "It was   59  . On the back of the page was a picture of a   60  .When I put the man together, the whole world fell into place. "

1.A. working            B. running             C. playing            D. walking

2. A. or                 B. and                 C. but                D. then

3. A. sleepy            . B. warm               C. free               D. busy

4. A. left home           B. got home            C. let the office      D. got to the office

5. A. no                 B. enough             C. much              D. some

6. A. right               "B. wrong              C. possible           D. impossibl

7.A. map               B. picture             C. piece              D. page

8. A. How                B. Why                 C. When              D. Where

9. A. hard              B. simple             C. difficult           D.different

10. A. boy                B. girl                 C. man        D.woman

Mr. Black loved his daughter Helen very much. Every day he spent all of his free time  1 with her. One night, he had much work to do,   2  couldn't play with his daughter. In order to keep her   3 , he found a map of the world in a magazine and cut it into pieces. When he   4 , Helen came running to him and was ready to play. Mr. Black said he had  5  time to play with her now. He told the girl to put the pieces of paper back together to a map of the world, and then they could both play.

About half an hour later, Helen came to her father and said, "Okay, it's finished. Can we play now? "Mr. Black was surprised and said, "That's   6  .  Let's go and see." And sure enough, there was the picture of the world, all put together, every   7  in its place.

Mr. Black said, "That's surprising!   8  did you do that?" Helen said, "It was   9  . On the back of the page was a picture of a   10 . When I put the man together, the whole world fell into place. "

Teaching English as a foreign language is very popular for many travellers. In March I started teaching English in Thailand.

    I really love teaching. I knew it could be a lot of fun, especially with my students who are 3-5 years old. But I had no idea just how much I would actually enjoy it. The only reason I started was simple - it was an easy way to make money.

    I had no idea Thai children could speak English so well at such a young age. My children could describe colours, shapes, body parts, days of the week and classroom objects!

   Two things changed after working. The first one was in the first weeks of teaching, I liked to have my lessons planned out, but things didn't go as expected. Now I am happy to walk into a classroom with whatever I need for the subject.

   I guess the other thing would be how much the children trust me. 18 weeks ago these children were unconfident and pretty shy, but now they can't wait to get involved.

   In 6 months I have no idea where I will be, but right now I love teaching and enjoy working with the kids every day. Will I teach again - I'd like to think so!

1.Where is the writer most probably from?

A. Korea.                                           B. England.  

C. China.                                  D. Japan.

2.Which of the following is NOT the writer's student?   

A. May, 4 and a half, who can tell different shapes.

B. Wilton, 3, who can tell different colors.

C. Nick, 5, who can count from one to one hundred.

D. Leonie, 6, who is good at English grammar.

3.Which of the following is TRUE?

A. The writer might be short of money when he traveled in Thailand.

B. All the children in the writer's class are very naughty.

C. The writer will never be a teacher again.

D. The writer never has classes in the classroom.

4. What is the meaning of the underlined word "unconfident" in Chinese?

A. 粗心大意的                                                B. 缺乏信心的

C. 不切实际的                                           D. 骄傲自满的

5.What is best title for the passage?

A. Teaching is a good job.

B. How clever the Thailand children are!

C. My travel experience in Thailand.

D. First time as an English teacher in Thailand.